Produced by Canada Ireland Foundation In Partnership with The Government of Canada and Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs | Emigrant Support Program Directed by Ted Jefferies and Beatriz Lôbo
I'm Northern Ireland born and raised I thank you for sharing how much the Irish people suffered during this time, I hope the young here learn the history of Ireland and our ancestors we're all Irish, thank you really appreciated, God Bless you 🙏💚🌹☘️
Thank so much for this Film . It’s not always told just how desperate the time was. An Gorta Mór : The Great Hunger . A famine is an absence of food. Even during Black 47 thousands of atoms of food was exported from Ireland to England . The English passed a law forbidding the Irish from travelling to the coast for food & seaweed . Hence term Hunger An Gorta Mór Greetings from Bradford Irish Society in Northern England. Most of the Bradford Irish came from the Midlands because it was the Wool producing area of Ireland @ at the Time Bradford was the Wool capital of World Wool Trade and Fasted Growing City in Europe. Thank you Canada
As a Canadian of Irish background, whose family would have arrived in this country around that period, I say THANK YOU! We always hear about the Irish in America (i.e. the USA) but rarely do we hear about our own Irish *Canadians.* The link between what was happening then and what is happening now, with refugees arriving from all over and for many reasons, and how they are treated well by some and badly by others, is thought-provoking and very appropriate.
My young teens are learning about the Irish famine now in school - I wanted them to realize how their ancestors got here to Canada. We will remember. ❤ thank you! They watched as well as were astounded and moved.
Robert Kearns et al - Thank you for your work! Having ancestors on both my Maternal + Paternal sides (who came in those early days), it is nice to see that what they went through is being brought to the publics attention. People have no idea. They were the first slaves and what they endured was horrific. Thank you!
